GQ: Alan Richman prefers to be told he got fired over power lunch at Carbone. FYI, bossman: We’d like to be within shooting distance of steak and fro-yo.

Food Republic: Alison Robicelli perfectly demonstrates why she’s in our Top Five Favorite Lady Bakers in talking about her cancer treatment: “I’m bald and I’m fat and here’s the bullshit thing. When you get cancer, you are supposed to get skinny. But they gave me steroids and I looked like an egg in sweatpants staying home watching Rangers games.”